Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori)
- Address: Piazza del Duomo, Florence
- Hours: Mon - Wed and Fri: 10am - 5pm, Sat: 10am - 4:45pm, Sun and religious holidays: 1:30pm - 4:45pm. Thurs and other holidays: hours vary seasonally. Dome hours vary
- Admission: Cathedral admission is Free, Dome admission is € 8
ATTRACTION Keywords:
Cultural Experience,
Religious Experience,
Church / Cathedral,
Monument - Historical
Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori) Reviews
We've found 34 Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori) reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
Review by Erik B, January 2013
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
This tour was excellent. Our tour guide, Angela, was helpful and extremely knowledgable about the area and we were able to see the Duomo, The David, the Galleria Academia, the Medici Palazzo, and much more. Meeting our guide was very simple and easy. Highly Recommended.
Review by Darlene R, July 2012
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
Our tour guide was fantastic. She told a story of Florence, not just reciting facts. She painted a beautiful picture of days gone by. You can tell she loves her city. I unfortunately thought the tour included going up to the top of the Duomo to overlook the city. That was an extra fee and you had to stand in line to do this. Otherwise, excellent.
Review by Jacki M, May 2012
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
Fantastic tour - highly recommend! Gave a good insight into the history of this amazing city, and took in many of the major sites with lots of fascinating info. Patrizia was the perfect guide - her passion for Florence is infectious! Obviously, skipping the line for the Duomo and Galleria dell'Accademia is brilliant. I did this walking tour on my first morning in Florence, it was the perfect start, gave me a feel for the city and really set the scene for me getting the most out of my 3-day visit. I feel in love with Florence and I think this tour paved the way for an excellent visit!
Review by STEVEN L, February 2012
Doing what: Florence City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
This is a great opportunity to see Florence and the Fiesole area above the town. One is afforded sweeping views of the Duomo and Arno river. Winter was a little chilly, but the best views are from the top.
Review by Kenneth H, USA, October 2011
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
This tour with our guide Angelo was excellent. He explained the city, culture, history, the architecture, sculptures and art very well. This was an English speaking group and Angelo was terrific. We enjoyed the skip the line as this was an early morning tour and there were lots of people waiting to get tickets..
Separately, my wife and I climbed the Duomo and the view was spectacular, well worth the 463 step climb to the cupola.
Review by Rosa Maria d, August 2011
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
Mamma mia, Florence is marvellous. The city, the Duomo, the Door of Paradise, David etc. The guide is very good.
Review by Bruce T, August 2011
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
Such a smart thing to do b/c the lines were incredible. Even at the Duomo where we had a "faster track," we had to wait a half hour, but the other line was 3-4 hrs long! Our enthusiastic tour guide was fabulous and her knowledge of Italy, the David and the "Prisoner" sculptures added so much to our appreciation of these incredible art pieces. Terrific!
Review by TERI W, November 2010
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
Our guide was awesome! He had so much art history knowledge and great perspectives on everything we saw. Don't try to tour the Academia Gallery and Duomo on your own- you will get so much more out of it with a knowledgeable tour guide. I highly recommend this tours.
Review by Gina Y, November 2010
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
All of the trips we booked with Viator were definitely worth it! We learned so much from our guides and saw so much that we would have missed without them. This "Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo" was great and very informative. The Duomo was gorgeous but I think the outside was more beautiful than the inside. You have to go to the Accademia Gallery to see The David! Our guide was so intriguing in the way she walked us through the sculpture and it made me appreciate art on a whole new level. The "Skip the Line" was definitely faster than waiting in the regular lines but basically you still have to wait in the group line (which does move quickly). The price per person was definitely worth the money to skip the line because we had very little precious time in Florence. The only way to improve this tour would be less people. A group of 20 was quite larger but the head phones to hear the guide helped to make up for that.
Review by Anonymous, May 2010
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
The tour was very well organized but it was on easters day and we couldn't go inside the Duomo, it would've been better if we knew it when booking.
Review by Anonymous, April 2010
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
Mary Grace was a wonderful tour guide, and she was both knowledgeable and funny --- very dramatic and Italian. Her English was excellent, so we learned much about the city. We were able to hit the highlights, see the Duomo and view David at the Accademia, as promised. Because of her recommendations, after the tour we hiked the hills overlooking Florence to see the spectacular view and listen to the monks at a church at the top of the hills. What a great experience!
Review by Anonymous, April 2010
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
We had several choices of tours for Florence from your company but we loved the tour of the Duomo and seeing The David. Out guide was friendly and very well informed. She had some great suggestions on how to spend the rest of our day. We highly recommend this tour
Review by Paul F, United Arab Emirates, April 2010
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
Excellent tour, due partly to the balanced itinerary and inclusions which brought Florence alive for us, but also to our wonderful guide who was highly informative and entertaining in her descriptions of the city, the Duomo, significant architects and artists, and the art in the gallery. It was also a bonus having the tour finish in the Accademia Gallery so that you can spend more time on your own in the gallery if you wish. Would recommend doing this tour as early as possible in your stay in Florence. And the gelato shop the guide took us to was outstanding, best we've ever had and we are avid enthusiasts. We noted its location and went back there twice during our stay!
Review by Michael H, United Kingdom, January 2010
Doing what: Florence Walking Tour
This is the perfect introduction for the first time visitor to Florence, so much better than the bus tours! Our guide was perfect, he was knowledgeable and passionate about Florence, its history and architecture. We saw the key sights and learned quite a bit about them that really informed our later more specific visits to places like Duomo. The guide really cared for the group as well, making use of shade, giving us time to take in the sights and speaking perfect English and Spanish for a mixed language group.
Review by Raymond A, USA, December 2009
Doing what: Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo
Our guide was very informative and fun. We covered a lot of Florence. There is great sightseeing throughout the walk. Our guide talked about the history of Florence, which was extra bonus. The Duomo and Accademia statue of David were wonderful.
